<p>Some songs hit that nostalgic feeling of a better world we used to live in. Yesterday one particular song hit me at my work desk. It made me get out of my depression and write a blog post.</p><p>Remembering we are still human and music makes us feel emotions. It gives us hope when we think there isn't any.</p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/smallweb/" rel="tag">#smallweb</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/web/" rel="tag">#web</a> </p><p><a href="https://basic.bearblog.dev/earth-wind-and-fire/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="basic.bearblog.dev/earth-wind-and-fire/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">basic.bearblog.dev/earth-wind-</span><span class="invisible">and-fire/</span></a></p>
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<p>Every person joining the fediverse is a digital hero.</p><p>You may think it's a small thing. Yes, it's small thing but also a big step to make Internet better and people-first.</p><p>Made by the people for the people.</p><p>Oh, and also made for cats, dogs, capybaras and other puppies.</p><p>So, enjoy, encourage friends to join and let's make it a nice, inclusive and cozy space for everyone.</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/web/" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/vebinet/" rel="tag">#Vebinet</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="/tags/loops/" rel="tag">#Loops</a> <a href="/tags/peoplefirst/" rel="tag">#PeopleFirst</a></p>
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<p>💕 I Love Free Software Day 2026 💕</p><p>For this year’s <a href="https://ilovefs.org" rel="nofollow">I Love Free Software Day</a> I am co-organising two special events, and I am super excited about them!</p><p>🧶 <a href="https://ournet.rocks/" rel="nofollow">Knitting Our Internet</a> at Snackbar Frieda, Rotterdam, on Friday Feb 13th at 18:00. All information <a href="https://radar.squat.net/en/event/rotterdam/snackbar-frieda/2026-02-13/knitting-our-internet-i-love-free-software-day" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br>🛹 A reading of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kirschner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kirschner</span></a></span>’s <a href="https://ada.fsfe.org" rel="nofollow">Ada & Zangemann</a> in English and in Dutch. After that, a conversation about Free Software maintenance as care work, together with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bonfire.cafe/pub/actors/mayel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mayel</span></a></span> from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bonfire.cafe/pub/actors/Bonfire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bonfire</span></a></span> ❤️🔥 at the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@internetarchiveeurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchiveeurope</span></a></span>, Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam on Saturday Feb 14th at 14:00. All information <a href="https://luma.com/degnydko" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Info about the super cool poster in the post below.</p><p><a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/softwarefreedom/" rel="tag">#SoftwareFreedom</a> <a href="/tags/ilovefs/" rel="tag">#ILoveFS</a> <a href="/tags/ilovefreesoftware/" rel="tag">#ILoveFreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/ilovefs/" rel="tag">#ILoveFS</a> <a href="/tags/ilovefs26/" rel="tag">#IloveFS26</a> <a href="/tags/ournet/" rel="tag">#ournet</a> <a href="/tags/knittingourinternet/" rel="tag">#KnittingOurInternet</a> <a href="/tags/snackbarfrieda/" rel="tag">#SnackbarFrieda</a> <a href="/tags/rotterdam/" rel="tag">#Rotterdam</a> <a href="/tags/amsterdam/" rel="tag">#Amsterdam</a> <a href="/tags/internetarchive/" rel="tag">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="/tags/internetarchiveeurope/" rel="tag">#InternetArchiveEurope</a> <a href="/tags/azbook/" rel="tag">#AZbook</a> <a href="/tags/ada/" rel="tag">#Ada</a> <a href="/tags/adazangemann/" rel="tag">#AdaZangemann</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/event/" rel="tag">#event</a> <a href="/tags/decentralizaion/" rel="tag">#decentralizaion</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#Internet</a></p>
<p>"By the end of 1994, there were roughly 10,000 websites on the web. It was still early days and most of the websites were quite basic in structure."</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-design/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-design/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d</span><span class="invisible">esign/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/cyberculture/" rel="tag">#cyberculture</a></p>
<p>"That's my belief. It just takes a bit of guidance and access to understandable knowledge. That word 'understandable,' it's important. You don't introduce people to website building by using geek-speak. You have to talk human to human..."</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/1994-cool-site-of-the-day/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cybercultural.com/p/1994-cool-site-of-the-day/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/1994-cool-</span><span class="invisible">site-of-the-day/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/cyberculture/" rel="tag">#cyberculture</a></p>
<p>Special shoutout to Librecast, a free open project designing a next generation internet using "multicast". This tech may help with privacy, human rights, decentralisation, energy efficiency and stopping spam.</p><p>Librecast has a main account at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@librecast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librecast</span></a></span> </p><p>...and a video account at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/c/librecast/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/c/librecast', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/video-channels/librecast', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> </p><p>The project's accounts are run by Librecast's community manager <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@onepict" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>onepict</span></a></span> who has a personal blog at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dotart.blog/cobbles/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cobbles</span></a></span> and is well worth following too.</p><p><a href="/tags/librecast/" rel="tag">#Librecast</a> <a href="/tags/multicast/" rel="tag">#Multicast</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#Internet</a></p>
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<p>An article from last year that celebrates the 40th anniversary of ".com".</p><p>"Four decades ago, the first domain was registered and the initial batch of top-level domains came to be. Nearly a billion domains have been registered since then."</p><p><a href="https://www.dotcom.press/history-of-domains" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.dotcom.press/history-of-domains"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.dotcom.press/history-of-do</span><span class="invisible">mains</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/dotcom/" rel="tag">#DotCom</a></p>
<p>This video was released by <a href="/tags/forbrukerrådet/" rel="tag">#Forbrukerrådet</a>, the Norwegian <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> Council, a few days ago</p><p>It imagines the career trajectory of an "enshittificator"</p><p>It was hard for him to enshittify minor aspects of daily life in person, but became easy for him to do so at scale once he embraced the <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#Internet</a> and <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p><p>It's genius <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a></p><p>credit:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Forbrukerr%C3%A5detNorge" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/@Forbrukerr%C3%A5detNorge"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/@Forbrukerr%C3</span><span class="invisible">%A5detNorge</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/norge/" rel="tag">#Norge</a> <a href="/tags/norway/" rel="tag">#Norway</a></p>
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